Comments by "" (@GSBarlev) on "These new computers are getting creepy… Copilot+ PC first look" video.

  1. ​ @rohithreddy75 Install an OS that you actually control? Like Windows 10 (EOL be damned) or that thing with the 🐧
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  2. It's a thing with these billionaires. Bezos famously loved The Expanse; every week we hear about a new start-up inspired by a Black Mirror episode; heck, Zuck named it the flipping Metaverse after Snow Crash.
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  3. ​ @XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX 💯. As long as OEMs ship with Windows included, Microsol market share won't see so much as a dent. Framework and System76 are extremely niche and likely will be for a while.
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  4.  @ber2996  buddy, I'm just here for the 🍿
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  5.  @hetmanfoko  It's a de-Canonicalled Ubuntu though—no snaps, no ads in the MOTD. It's FOSS at its finest.
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  6. Matt Berry.
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  7. Pouring one out for your poor LCD. But respect for jumping right into the deep end—Arch isn't what I would recommend for a laptop unless you're pretty familiar with it already.
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  8. Zoom has been fine for me—except on the Steam Deck due to the limited resolution, and the best AMD drivers are baked into the kernel. Finally, if you're not a slave to Adobe, you'll be surprised how many of your productivity apps work in WINE bottles.
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  9. ​ @GamerTowerDX Musicbee is rated Silver on WineHQ—worth giving it a try.
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  10. ​ @JohnneyleeRollins True. But upsell ads are hardly the same thing as what Microsol is doing. It's not like Ubuntu ever incorporated Amazon results into the desktop search tool, just to pick a random and purely hypothetical example.
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  11. ​ @usellstech-ip2sg Ubuntu. Manjaro. And, to a lesser degree, Red Star OS.
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  12.  @ber2996  🍿
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